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true, no place is really safe from climate change. i was mostly referring to stories like this https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/956904171/americans-are-moving-to-escape-climate-impacts-towns-expect-more-to-come
i live in a tiny town in the mountains and it's getting more crowded every year
edit: npr info page on wildfires https://apps.npr.org/us-wildfires-impact-environment-climate-change/